The FM stage shone once again on Friday 16 November as the BIFM Ireland Awards, the final event under the British Institute of Facilities Management name, took place in Dublin at a glittering lunch-time ceremony.
Too many operatives in charge of building design and smart lighting do not put users first, a lighting engineer told the Lux Live show in London this week.
?The new Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management formally introduced itself tonight, with a welcome video and a 10-point plan for becoming a modern professional body, only eight months after the BIFM first proposed to embrace workplace as a key differentiator for its members and to establish facilities management as a chartered profession. ?
Over a third (36 per cent) of workers would like better access to relaxing and quieter areas in their office for eating lunch, reading, and generally spending their downtime, such as a 'quiet zone' or library, shows research by K2 Space.
The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) has published its annual report, which shows a decrease in the number of workplace fatalities.
Healthcare consultancy Essentia Trading has won a place on a national framework making it easier for NHS trusts and other public sector bodies to procure experts on property and estates strategy.
Office workers perform better in tasks related to attention span, decision-making, language skills, positivity and creativity after their static workstations are enhanced with portable sit-stand platforms, according to a study.
Following publication of its report entitled The Puzzle of Productivity, representatives of Fourfront Group, United Workplace and Worktech Academy hosted a Workplace Week London event last night to discuss the proposition that quality of leadership is the principal factor in boosting productivity.
